Minirig - Mini (Original)

Same. After listening to Oluv’s reviews for a while and after purchasing 2 x original Minirig minis and 2 x subs, I spend my time listening to music instead of listening to reviews of speakers I was never going to purchase. Many thanks for your honest reviews Oluv. I doubt I would have discovered Minirigs without your hard work. FYI I generally use the MR cable to run a single sub and 2 minis wired to an old AirPort Express for “wireless” airplay. It works for me.

Minirig but it won’t power the synth I don’t think

They're very practical. Ideal if you have decks on the go ,in a caravan etc . Lucky enough to live near their depot in Bristol UK and the service is great with full demos ,maybe a perk being close but the sound quality is worth the price as is the build quality ,that betters any soundcore ,tribit set up I've had before.

thanks! :) yeah they're really tough little units whenever you have the misfortune of abusing one!

Minirig is the best of the best. Handmade in the UK. I have 2 speakers and 2 subs all linked together with aux. Crystal clear, loud, portable and built like tanks. But you are going to pay for the hand assembled premium component speakers.

That's strange I've never had that experience. Admittedly I've probably used them 85% via aux in only 15% via Bluetooth but I've always had a smooth experience on my Android phones.

2 of the 3s and 2 subs. The new 4s just came out that have USB c charging ports. If you're looking to buy some I would stick with the newer ones with USBC charging unless you can get the older ones at a good deal. The barrel jack charger is the absolute only crappy part about the speaker. Outside of that, they are the best portable speakers on the market. This opinion is coming from somebody with probably $2,000 worth of other brands of speakers. Minirigs are built like tanks and sound absolutely amazing.

Now that you bring it up, I have never used more than one speaker via bluetooth. So I can't comment on linking them together at all. I'm old so throwing an aux into each of them has always been my default.

No... just do minirig

Yes i know, so i replied with best go with minirig. Id say a mackie thump but ive no idea what the use case is. So best stick to mini rig.

I went for a Minirig set up. Not cheap, but zero latency with aux, insane battery life and they do a portable sub. The 2.1 set up slaps.

How much is your budget? If you really need to go cheap, Anker is a pretty decent brand and very good reputation. I have the MINIRIG and it bumps. Pricey little guy though, but man it’s worth it. For pocket operators though you’re gonna wanna use direct line in. You’re gonna get bad latency with Bluetooth. Pretty much terrible for producing.

Minirig is undisputed bro.. not bose lol

I love my minirigs

Minirig is best in class. After that, look at Everse8, Bose S1, Thump Go

Yeah, my point was the minirig is the smallest thing you can get that can output that kind of sound

Heard from a couple of sources that the Earfun Boom I is pretty good IF you tune the settings. Check Alan Ross Reviews on YouTube or here: https://canadianomad.com/best-portable-bluetooth-party-speakers-battery-powered/#Soundboks_gen_3_%E2%80%93_Most_well-rounded_powerful_battery_powered_speaker Remember though, if you’re going for ultraportable DJing then really one of the major things you’re fighting is that physics really isn’t on your side. You can only push so much air about with a small speaker, and they almost invariably sound muddy when you get to high volumes. If it sounds shit, people will feel fatigued quicker, and will lose dancing energy. It’s just one of those things. Since as a DJ your main concern is often getting people to dance, or at least enjoy music, then you should be absolutely concerned about this. And as I said, for ultraportable DJing this is a bigger thing as you’re necessarily doing it with smaller equipment which doesn’t have the same headroom thanks to *physics*. I’d generally recommend you go for minirigs. They’re more expensive, I know. But it’s a one time purchase, and they are the best you can get. Anyway, I’m curious - what’s the rest of your setup look like (or planned to be)? Mine’s 4x minirig 3s, 2x Minirig Sub 3, iPhone 12 or iPad Air, djay pro, numark dj2go2 if using the iPad, apelab apecoins for lighting. But thinking I might swap to the new Hercules one as it would allow me to go fully on to the iPhone.

Minirig. Perfect for this

Minirig. A bit expensive but absolutely worth it.

I’ve used a bunch…. Tried to love mnirigs, what a waste of time effort and money that was. The Everse8 is astounding. I love it. It’s just small enough that I can put it in a backpack and take it to the beach. I put it in my luggage and went to South America… it’s a bit big for that but it was well worth it to have. I think I may have gone for the Bose but I wanted the output not to be lacking. Everse8 all the way…dynacord powered Bosch made water proofish rugged battery powered killer…. So happy with this speaker.

Low is relative…. Is 60 Hz @ -3 db low enough? I did a 5 hr set of deep house on the beach yesterday and everyone seemed to understand the physics of a single 8” battery powered speaker (outdoors) isn’t going to be shaking bones. 😂 Minirig has the same frequency response… this is not the same as spl.

Yea I’m using line in and the dsp on the speakers I mentioned above are still causing a lot of issues whether it’s latency or other even through aux. It really is seeming like minirig is the only answer here. Budget is flexible but don’t want to spend more than $100 on this since it’s just for the pocket operator setup when traveling or not connected to my professional setup lol

Yup i did, and value is not the word i'd use here🤣 i rather have a whole speaker as a package than a few tuna cans connected with wires. That was a terrible idea

If you enjoy it it's fine, but in this reddit or any bluetooth speaker forum, minirigs, philips, a company that is better at hair shavers than anything else. Those are on the complete bottom of the list. The worst speakers pretty much. Minirig is definitely few levels above companies like philips, but it's wiped by even soundcore which for some reason you crap on it without owning any of it.

Try the Minirig speakers, powerful and can be paired up for stereo, you can also add a sub, all Bluetooth and great British manufacturing. Batteries last for an eternity.

Minirig👍🏽